The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-19

discovering the body of a strange person,
almost in a state of nudity, in canal, winch
ran along the back of the town, upon winch
the Coroner sat in due form; and tnus, 70
the satisfaction of his prosecutors, a chain
of evidence was made out sufficiently strong
to put Suarez on trial.
Let those good people, who preach SO
strongly in favor of the comfortable feelings
arising from conscious innocence, and Dlllid
so much on inward fortitude, and VINO JOIN
In the declaration of the poet that what Is,
is right"-let them place themselves for a
moment in Suarez's position-let them feel
the horrors of man charged with hls own
murder, and unable to convince the Judges
that he is
ACTUALLY IN EXISTENCE.
How obtuse are the intellects of many
worthy people, who, in the eager pursuit of
truth, hug to their hearts sny antic that
may chance to assume the garb OF that
rarely discovered parsonage!
Already Suarez fancied in his gloomy re-
Elections that he heard the jury declare him
guilty; and in his dreams he saw the fatal
black cap placed over his head. Then he
fancied he heard his last dying speech and
confession chanted about the streets, and
posted on cottage walls, and children taught
the necessity of virtue. Then the horrors
of an ignominious death-the haater-the
gallows-the shouts of monster" muir
derer, etc, all echoing around him in his
examination
At length the accused man was placed on
trial. His own conviction of his personal
identity was complete, but would 1t avail
him anything! The story ON which he had
to depend was nothing in the face of the
evidence to be adduced. Should he be
allowed to set up himself as the murdered
man, when the witness saw him dead, and
the body was afterward found in the canal!
1t was contrary to common sense, and
would, of course, be looked upon as the deS-
perate attempt of the hardened villain
TO BAFFLE THE ENDS OF JUsICE.
The trial proceeded. The audience shud-
dered as they heard the glaring facts. And
oh! what looks of horror and reproach were
cast at the prisonerl Prejudice. with her
myriad ears, was gaping on, and gulping
gave their evidence with clearness and pre-
cision. The landlord Of the little public
house where Suarez first stopped was called
to prove his having seen the dollars in the
possession of the murdered man when at his
house. During all the previous proceedings
this man had never before looked at Suarez
face to face; but when he was confronted
with him he gave an Involuntary start, and
seemed unable to utter syllable. He fixed
iilo cy Is lubeHUiy Oh Une pTlsOllei anu pOillC-
ing to his own cheek, stammered out:
HE is not guilty! he is not guiltym
Hearing this exclamation, and seeing him
point to his cheek, Suarez remembered that
he had large scar on his own from sabre
wound he received years before; and when
the witness had gained his composure he
proceeded to identify Suarez as the man
who came to his house with quantity OF
money on the evening of the supposed muir
der and asserted that the prisoner could be
none other than the
SUPPOSED VICTIM OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE
But the body found in the canal-had it q
scar like Suarezs on the cheexl No-the
witness who found it remembered it had not
Hope dawned on Suarez warmly enough.
He was called on for his defense and told
his tale simply and composedly and his
heart beat calmly.
The Judge summed up briefly and di-
rected the jury, as usual that if there was
any doubt, the prisoner should be entitled
to the benefit of it. The jury obeyed the
direction of the Judge, and the verdict OF
mot guilty. alone afforded Suarez the mel.
ancholy satisfaction of relating to the
writer sutferings not to be found among the
destinies of any other man in the world
Some ill-natuTed people, notwithstanding
the verdict, still believed Suarez to be guilty
but the majority called him innocent; and
while the newspapers were zealously arguing
pro and con the question, he quietly slipped
off to this country, and is now living in toll
cradle ease in Brooklyn, and no one has ever
since ventured to dispute the point with hin
whether he is dead or alive